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watch constantly if he is not to lose his crop 

 after all his labor. The cabbage worm makes 

 its appearance early, and should be destroyed at 

 once; while for club-root, black rot, etc., ro- 

 tation is our only usual remedy. * 



Different varieties thrive better in different 

 localities. You must experiment in a small 

 way, or find out what your neighbors have 

 done, keeping a record of the sort that does 

 best under your conditions, and then plant 

 only that. Near New York City the Bergen 

 Dnmahead does wonderfully well, but in some 

 western parts of the country it has less success. 

 The Newark Flat Dutch, on the other hand, for 

 an early cabbage, does well both east and west. 

 For a late season variety the Premium Flat 

 Dutch is excellent. 



To show the possibiHties of profit in cabbage, 

 Professor Bailey, in his " Vegetable Gardening, " 

 quotes from an expert cabbage grower in Green 



* Note. — Some experts think that lime is the one great soil 

 doctor, especially in a garden where crops are plowed under, lots 

 of manure is used and there is not much chance for crop rotation. 

 Heavy doses of lime will destroy many fungous diseases and also 

 kiU off a good many insects, especially the soft-skiimed kind which 

 gather as crops are grown in the same place year after year. It 

 would scarcely be possible to grow good cabbage in the same spot 

 for a series of years without heavily liming the soil. It prevents club- 

 root. 



